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  1. glory
    I miss 2025 when JS would make these boneheaded decisions and they would almost always work out. Like if this was 2025, that Clement bunt would have found a hole and 2 runs would have scored somehow. The magic is gone.
  2. glory
    The Brewers are such a well run organization. One of these years they will get the playoff crapshoot luck in their favor.
  3. glory
    I'm sure Heineman will find his way back to the Jays org before the end of the season (hopefully if it happens it is as a minor leaguer).
  4. glory
    I wasn't trying to rehash Game 7, just taking a shot at Hoffman because it will forever be justified to do so, but scapegoating the hitters for not being able to score more against a parade of aces (granted one on 0 days rest) when the closer gave up a game tying HR to a #9 hitter who had 7 home runs in three years against RHP seems a bit unfair. Game of inches bad luck vs serving up a meatball to a #9 hitter. Not exactly apples to apples. But whatever, don't want to beat this dead horse any more than it already has been. My potshots at Hoffman will surface every now and then, though.
  5. glory
    Jeff Hoffman is the reason Max went from "retiring with a World Series ring after a great Game 7 start" to being forced out of the game for hanging on too long. Sad. Curious to see how long it takes the Jays to pull the plug with him. It probably won't be immediate. Max may have to mutually agree that he's washed.
  6. glory
    This thread will be bumped in 2032 when Vlad will still have 7 years left on his contract.
  7. glory
    Giving Garcia a 2 year guaranteed deal at age 34 coming off an injured 2024 post trade seemed really risky for no real reason at the time (can't imagine he was getting many/any offers beyond 1 year), but not surprised at all if his arm is toast at this point. Good reliever when healthy but the moment you saw his velo suddenly chasing 100 mph, that's when you knew the arm was probably a ticking time bomb. Relievers in general are risky bets.
  8. glory
    Horwitz has a 140 wRC+ after tonight and is apparently pimping home runs now.
  9. glory
    I guess SWR can't pitch again so soon, but burning good relievers on this game sucks.
  10. glory
    If Vlad wants to be Vladimir Arraez Jr, then batting him lead off is fine.
  11. glory
    He's not a starting caliber player even with the defense. Projected for a 2.5 WAR by the end of the season but they are expecting a 90+ wRC+ from him during that span, and I think that's a big reach at this point. The sample size for him being a bad hitter is far greater now, and he's not stealing bases like he did previously (maybe due to injuries) so he's not even adding that much value there. I know JS values vetrin presents more than skill sometimes, but at the very least he has to accept that Gimenez is a platoon bat and stick someone else at 2B/SS against LHP. He has a 52 wRC+ against LHP since 2024. Atkins absorbing over $100M in guaranteed money for Gimenez and Straw has to be investigated. No other GM on the planet, regardless of available payroll, would have done that, much less given up an asset (Horwitz) in the process. At least Straw had a good 2025, and Gimenez had some big hits in the playoffs last year.
  12. glory
    The Phillies have bounced back nicely from their rough start, but their lineup is ass. They need like 2-3 bats at the deadline.
  13. glory
    Yeah Yariel is sunk cost and nothing more. If he's DFA'd and he goes elsewhere, or he's DFA'd and he's on the AAA team for the rest of his contract, neither scenario helps the Jays because he's such a fungible talent that hoping he "figures something out" is pointless. The roster spot he occupies means more than whatever he has left on his contract.
  14. glory
    The sad thing is, the Jays are waiting on Barger to come back, but he'd just replace Pinango on the roster, who has hit tremendously well for a rookie depth player, and it would also mean benching one of Lukes (who to my surprise has been great post vertigo) and Sanchez (130 wRC+ against RHP). I'm not sure a savior is coming. Kirk instead of Heineman (assuming that's the direction they go rather than demoting BV) would be the clear upgrade.
  15. glory
    I’m still pissed at the Orioles for not signing Hoffman last year when they had an agreement with him. Now their fans are injuring Jays players on the field.
  16. glory
    Yeah it would have to be a team in contention that has a “bad contract” that fits the Jays needs a bit better. A bad team has no reason to do a bad contract swap unless incentivized in some way (or they’d just have to like Hoffman more than the guy they are giving up). Not likely. Sucks because Hoffman’s underlying numbers look good but JS doesn’t know how to use him, and I think the 9th inning yips are at least partially real. No chance I’d want Hoff anywhere near the 9th inning if it was a playoff situation.
  17. glory
    Is there a RH platoon bat that kills LHP and makes $11M a year? Seems like the ideal trade for Hoffman. I don’t even think Hoffman is bad, but I think he needs a change of scenery, especially as long as JS is the manager.
  18. glory
    I think Hoffman robbed me of my love for baseball in the 9th inning of Game 7 last year but he wants to keep the trauma in tact apparently.
  19. glory
    Jeff Hoffman is still a terrorist. John Schneider doesn’t seem to care.
  20. glory
    If the owners are all in for a cap, then yeah, the 2027 season is in jeopardy and it will just be waiting around until the players finally cave (and they will the longer it lasts). Hopefully it doesn't go that far. MLB hasn't had this level of national momentum for like 2 decades. Just 5 years ago ESPN was ashamed to even talk about baseball on their programming. Completely different now after the pitch clock and rise of Ohtani and Judge. It would destroy all that momentum just to increase franchise values, which would probably increase anyway after the next media rights deal. This will end one of two ways: similar to 2021-22 where they agreed to something in the beginning of March and just condensed spring training to get in all 162, or it will wipe out most or all of 2027. Just a matter of how deep the owners are with wanting a cap. If they are where the NHL owners were all those years back, then we need to enjoy 2026.
  21. glory
    Feels like a turning point type of win. Keep the momentum going.
  22. glory
    The owners seem united. First time they’ve formally proposed a salary cap system since 1994 apparently, and looks like their proposal involves centralized local revenue, which is huge because that’s where much of the revenue disparity exists among teams. A year ago I thought losing games in 2027 was unlikely. Now I feel like it’s inevitable. How many games they are willing to lose is the question. If owners have agreed to consolidate local revenue then they are clearly all in. The strange thing is the owners proposal is more in line with what most baseball fans want from the looks of it. The MLBPA will be the heels this time around, especially if they miss a bunch of games.
  23. glory
    This team resembles the 2023 team way too much for my liking (not as good defensively) but just keep stacking wins and then add reinforcements at the deadline.
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